Sunday, July 7, 2013

Finally got my sample board done for the start of the newbie classes.Many years ago (boy that makes me sound old!) I started doing class for beginner paper crafters. All of the teachers wanted to do the fancy creative stuff, which requires some level of knowledge and skill.I like to do quick and simple cards so even a beginner can see that it doesn't take long to learn the ropes.This class will be at Cranberry Hill in Sunnyvale on Sunday August 4th, 2013. Stop by and say Hi!

Monday, July 1, 2013

Will be teaching my first card class (it's been overthree years) this month. It's designed for beginners so they can learn the basics and then move on to the advanced classes. It was a busy Sunday for me. I finally got around to getting some cards made. I was given (because nobody else wanted them) the 1,000 cranes made for my Dad's 65th birthday, way back when. They were stored in a box for 30 plus years. Decide to make some simple cards with the ones that will fold back down. I never did learn to fold the cranes so it's nice that they are prefolded. I see a lot of crane cards in my future. :-)

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What's with the blog name?

Flat Fish Paper Arts was born many years ago when blogging first started. My family did a lot of camping and diving along the California coast. California halibut are huge fish that start out as any normal fish. As they age, one eye will start to move to the other side and the halibut will become flat so it can lay on the bottom of the ocean with both eyes facing up.

I always like the idea that we all start out the same but life experiences slowly changes us. In my case, my creative talents went the way of paper arts. Flatfish are always looking up when they mature and as with any artist, we see inspiration in everything around us - always looking up.

Evan and her flatfish

Years ago a local dive shop had a photo of a diver who caught a halibut so big he had to throw it over his jeep to take the picture. Our little spoof with our daughter sitting in her toy jeep with dad's halibut on the hood. 1987